Black and white and read all over: Race differences in reactions to recruitment web sites

Human Resource Management

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 217-236

  Goldberg, Caren B ^a   Allen, David G ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 49049112841     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20209     Document Type: Article

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